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01.11.18
SCHUMER CALLS ON FEDS TO SWIFTLY UNFREEZE A $600K FEDERAL GRANT OWED TO CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE

Tags: Dutchess, Schumer, federal funding, Transportation, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County
08.04.17
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $787,000 IN CDBG FUNDING FOR POUGHKEEPSIE

Tags: Gillibrand, Economic development, Community Development Block Grant, Poughkeepsie, HUD, federal funding, Housing, Schumer
05.26.17
AFTER MAJOR PUSH, SCHUMER SUCCESSFULLY SECURES OVER $33 MILLION TO INSTALL LIFESAVING PTC TECHNOLOGY FOR EMPIRE LINE TRACKS FROM POUGHKEEPSIE TO SCHENECTADY; SENATOR SAYS GRANT COULD SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS

Tags: trains, Poughkeepsie, New York State, Upstate New York, funding, Rails, Dutchess County, Dutchess, grant, Federal Railroad Administration
04.17.17
SCHUMER URGES FEDS TO EXPEDITE APPROVALS FOR NEW RIVERFRONT DOCK EXPANSION PROJECT IN POUGHKEEPSIE; APPROVAL WILL BE THE FIRST STEP IN FINALIZING THE OBSERVATION DECK, INCREASING AND ENHANCING TOURISM & ACCESS TO THE HUDSON RIVER; SENATOR SAYS DOCKS COULD HELP ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS & PROVIDE BOOST TO LOCAL ECONOMY

Tags: Schumer, Poughkeepsie, Water, Economic Growth, Dutchess County, Economy, Army Corps of Engineers, Hudson Valley, tourism, construction
10.19.16
SCHUMER BRINGS FRA ADMINISTRATOR FEINBERG TO SCHENECTADY, MAKES PERSONAL CASE FOR $33 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO INSTALL LIFE SAVING PTC TECHNOLOGY ON TRACKS FROM POUGHKEEPSIE TO SCHENECTADY; SENATOR SAYS GRANT COULD SAVE LIVES AND PREVENT DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS

Tags: NTSB, trains, Amtrak, New York State, Schumer, Metro-North, FRA, Schenectady, Poughkeepsie, Federal Railroad Administration, More Tags
Rails, Albany, MTA, rail safety, DOT, ptc
10.07.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $808,000 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR BULLET PROOF VESTS FOR NEW YORK STATE POLICE OFFICERS

Tags: Binghamton, Schumer, North Country, Cattaraugus County, Seneca, Western New York, Central New York, federal funding, Niagara, Tompkins, More Tags
Niagara Falls, East Hampton, Southern Tier, Safety, New York State, Onondaga County, Suffolk, Monroe County, investment, Schuyler, Rochester-Finger Lakes, Ulster, Suffolk County, equipment, Warren County, Charles Schumer, Capital Region, New York City, Finger Lakes, Poughkeepsie, Ontario County, Orange County, Oswego County, Chenango County, police, SAFER, Steuben, CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, Rockland County, Utica, Watertown, Schoharie County, Westchester County, Hudson Valley, Tioga, Livingston County, community, police officers, Wyoming County, Long Island
09.07.16
SCHUMER REVEALS: UPSTATE NY RESIDENTS REPORTED MORE THAN 4,000 CELL PHONE DEAD ZONES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT UPSTATE, CREATING DROPPED CALLS & DRIVING PEOPLE CRAZY; SCHUMER DELIVERS UPSTATE DEAD ZONE LOCATIONS TO CARRIERS & ASKS THEM TO BE FIXED

Tags: Poughkeepsie, Technology, transit, Upstate New York, Schenectady, rural, LI, Sullivan, online, Western New York, More Tags
New York State, Finger Lakes, Local business, Charles Schumer, Travel, Southern Tier, Consumer, Resident, Capital Region, wireless carriers, Hudson Valley, crash, Emergency, Canada, Plattsburgh, North Country, Schumer, Buffalo, tourism, Rochester-Finger Lakes, Rochester, Central New York, Infrastructure
05.04.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE MORE THAN $165K IN FED FUNDS FOR CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN DUTCHESS COUNTY

Tags: Homeland Security, Kirsten Gillibrand, equipment, Gillibrand, fed funds, community, federal funding, firefighters, grant, Safety, More Tags
Emergency, Department of Homeland Security, first responders, Poughkeepsie, funding, Fire Department, Dutchess, Grants, Fire Departments, Dutchess County, Schumer
05.02.16
SCHUMER URGES MAJOR PHARMACY CHAINS & OTHER INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES TO JOIN WALGREENS AND INSTALL CONVENIENT DRUG TAKE-BACK KIOSKS TO GET ADDICTING DRUGS OUT OF MEDICINE CABINETS AND HELP CURB RX DRUG ABUSE; OPIOID ABUSE IS WREAKING HAVOC IN ULSTER & ORANGE COUNTIES

Tags: Drugs, healthcare, Medicine, Schumer, Ulster, Combat, New York State, New York City, children, overdoses, More Tags
Consumer, Meth, Poughkeepsie, police, CDC, Upstate New York, Heroin, LI, community, Hudson Valley
03.15.16
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE NEARLY $1 MILLION IN FED HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDING FOR 4 HUDSON VALLEY AREA HOUSING COUNCILS

Tags: HUD, IRS, federal funding, investment, Yonkers, art, Poughkeepsie, funding, RIT, community, More Tags
LI, Hudson Valley, EPA, Kirsten Gillibrand, Economy, VA, Resident, Gillibrand, Housing, safe